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Commission approves appointments, contracts and procurement items in unanimous votes
Summary
The Bowling Green Board of Commissioners approved a slate of municipal orders including police cadet appointments, a finance specialist hire, maintenance contracts, landfill electrical upgrades (with potential state reimbursement), education pathway funding, and mayoral travel authorization.
At the meeting, Bowling Green commissioners acted on several municipal orders and routine items in unanimous roll-call votes.
Appointments and personnel - Municipal order 2025-171 approved the probationary appointments of Skyler Chavone, Cameron Marsh and Luke Roche to Police Cadet 2; HR staff introduced each appointee and said they will enroll in Law Enforcement Academy class 10. (Moved by Perrigan; seconded by Hill; roll call: Hill, Perrigan, Bailey, Beasley Brown — all yes.) - Municipal order 2025-172 approved the appointment of Alyssa Garcia Lopez to the position of financial specialist in the finance department to fill a vacancy caused by a resignation. HR noted the position’s primary licensing responsibilities. (Moved by Perrigan; seconded by Hill; roll call unanimous yes.)
Contracts and procurement - Municipal order 2025-173 renewed the bid for agricultural/tree services with The Tree Company LLC, not to exceed $80,000, with Bushels and Blooms named as a backup vendor. (Moved by Hill; seconded by Bailey; roll call unanimous yes.) - Commissioners authorized a sole-source purchase of motor fuel from Key Oil Company for on-site fueling (estimated at about $250,000 for the coming year) to supply tanks at city operations locations. Staff said Key Oil owns the two fueling sites used by the city fleet. (Moved by Hill; seconded by Bailey; roll call unanimous yes.)
Infrastructure and intergovernmental funding - Municipal order 2025-176 authorized purchase of property at 1112 Cave Mill Road to add stormwater retention capacity as part of flood-mitigation planning; staff said the April floods accelerated the search for candidate properties. (Moved by Perrigan; seconded by Hill; roll call unanimous yes.) - Municipal order 2025-177 authorized design procurement and construction management for overhead primary electrical work at Butler County Landfill and authorized the city to execute a memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet Division of Waste Management to provide up to $196,000 in reimbursement toward the work. Staff said electrical reliability issues have caused pump outages and the upgrades will reduce risk to leachate controls. (Moved by Hill; seconded by Perrigan; roll call unanimous yes.)
Education and travel - Municipal order 2025-178 approved a memorandum of agreement with Warren County and the Warren County Board of Education to provide $33,817.20 in city funding to support a new Careers in Public Safety pathway at the Warren County Area Technology Center for the first year while state approval is pending; Chamber representative Meredith Rozanski said roughly 200 students expressed interest. (Noted/moved by staff; roll call unanimous yes.) - Municipal order 2025-179 authorized out-of-town travel expenses for Mayor Todd Alcott to attend Leadership Kentucky in Berea in accordance with city travel policies. (Moved by Perrigan; seconded by Hill; roll call unanimous yes.)
All listed orders were approved by recorded roll-call votes with no recorded dissents. There were no public comments at the end of the meeting, and commissioners adjourned.
